How to make the perfect BMW M3

Feature22 November 2012

A new BMW M3 has just arrived, alongside a new M4. We look back at Steve Sutcliffe's video from 2012 as he puts three of its predecessors through their paces at Brands Hatch to find the perfect ingredients for an M car.

I have to say, your thoughts of the CSL as being the modern bench mark is probably about right.

In reality any enthusiast would love it to be a modern interpretation of the E30 but modern regulations will have scuppered any plans of BMW ever producing a car like that again. The CSL is probably as close as we are likely to get now but that is no bad thing. I just hope the new blown engine still has the response of the NA M3's.

Have to say, watching the cars at Brands that day both the CSL and V8 M3's are very impressive track vehicles bearing in mind they are road cars - the V8 in particular looking very quick and sounding fantastic.